ADIT, DREAMERS HILL

DREAMERS HILL ROAD LINTON, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    ADIT, DREAMERS HILL - History

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    23.08.1861: Woods and Party are crushing cement which is turning out well.
    03.1875: five parties (Howcroft's, Leeke's, Woods', Gillies' and Haywood's) crushed a total of 46 tons of cement at either Howcroft's or Eccles and Woods batteries for a total yield of 49 ozs 8 dwt.
    06.1875: three parties (Howcroft's, Leeke's and O'Sullivan's) crushed a total of 61 tons of cement for a total yield of 50 ozs 16 dwt 8 grs.
    12.1875: five parties (Howcroft's, Sullivan's, Mckeown's, Drury's, and Woods') crushed a total of 105 tons of cement for a total of 37 ozs 3 dwt 5 grs.
    03.1876: two parties (Hawcroft's and Drury's) crushed a total of 13 tons of cement for total yield of 7 ozs 12 grs.
    06.1876: two parties (Hawcroft's and Drury's) crushed a total of 43 tons of cement for total yield of 16 ozs 19 dwt 12 grs.
    09.1876: two parties (Howcroft's and Drury's) crushed a total of 43 tons of cement for total yield of 22 ozs 19 grs.
    12.1876: three parties (Howcroft's, O'Sullivan's and Piper's) crushed a total of 42 tons of cement for total yield of 15 ozs 15 dwt 14 grs.
    06.1877: three parties (Howcroft's, Drury's and Crosier's) crushed a total of 63 tons of cement for total yield of 20 ozs 13 dwt 23 grs.
    09.1877: two parties (Howcroft's and Drury's) crushed a total of 54 tons of cement for total yield of 29 ozs 6 dwt 19 grs.
    12.1877: two parties (Howcroft's and Piper's) crushed a total of 34 tons of cement for total yield of 11 ozs 5 dwt 4 grs.
    03.1878: three parties (Blewett's, Drury's and Ryan's) crushed a total of 52 tons of cement for total yield of 11 ozs 7 dwt 12 grs.
    09.1878: three parties (Murphy & Drury's, Eccels Woods' and Gillies') crushed a total of 30 tons of cement for total yield of 8 ozs 12 dwt 12 grs.
    06.1879: two parties (Alexander Gillies' and Eccles Wood's) crushed a total of16 tons for a yield of 3 ozs 13 dwt 12 grs, this material was obtained from depths of 14 and 70 feet respectively.
    12.1879: Eccels Wood and Co. crushed 45 tons obtained from the surface for a yield of 7 ozs 19 dwt.
    1861 to 1903: the official records give the total output from Dreamers Hill as 510 ozs 17 dwts 9 grs from 724 tons; there are 17 companies or co-operative parties recorded as having obtained gold from the cement taken from this hill; the majority of these companies operated in the 1870’s, with only two reports in the 1861 and one in 1903.
    Dreamers Hill Co., near Happy Valley
    18.04.1903: locals have purchased the mine and are erecting a battery and excavating a dam.
    29.08.1903: have battery erected and will start on the battery engine next.
    20.04.1905: a syndicate has been formed to test the cement and selected parcels have been put through the Glenloth battery.
    GLENLOTH CO., the late Dreamer's Hill Co., Happy Valley
    06.08.1904: shaft is 38 feet deep and is intended to be sunk to 100 feet; making a little water; five head battery on the ground; prospects good.
    01.10.1904: a whim is to be erected.
    18.02.1905: put a small parcel through their battery for an average yield of 8.5 dwt per ton.
    25.02.1905: arranging to purchase a steam winch.
    11.03.1905: poppet legs on the ground.
    20.04.1905: yield of 7 dwt 20 gr per ton from 13 tons of cement.
    02.09.1905: a strong winding plant is being erected.
    28.07.1906: restarted and the old lode was struck but could not be worked with the old appliances and a 2d call has been made so that a double cylinder eight inch cylinder can be erected.
    08.09.1906: location referred to as Linton; dewatered and the face is showing gold; purchased the large Cornish flue boiler of the Perseverance Co. which should give ample steam power for the winding plant.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    ADIT, DREAMERS HILL - Heritage Inventory Description

    The main feature at this site is an adit an associated mullock heap which was 50m long and 1.5m high. The mullock would have completely dammed off the gully which it crosses but the middle 5m has been broken or washed away. The adit runs at right-angles to the line of the gully, it is 1.5-1.8 m high and 1-1.2 m high. There is some water at the opening but it appears to be dry beyond this point. The adit is within an open paddock. 250 m north-east of the adit are a couple of shafts and associated mullock heaps each covering an area approximately 5 m in diameter.

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